Erinn Smart

Erinn Smart is an American fencer who was a member of the United States Fencing Team at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed in the womens individual and team foil events. Smart isfeet,inches tall, weighs 125 pounds, and is coached by Buckie Leach. Smarts brother Keeth is also a nationally ranked competitive fencer who also started fencing with the Peter Westbrook Foundation.

Smart was born in New York City, New York, and lived on Ocean Avenue in Brooklyn. Before taking up fencing, she had taken ballet, ice skating, tennis and track. After her father, an employee at Sports Illustrated, learned about a program aimed at encouraging minority participation in fencing, she began to take up the sport at ageat the Peter Westbrook Foundation, whose founder, Olympic saber bronzemedalist Peter Westbrook, has been her mentor. Her brother Keeth,months her senior, took up the sport six months later.

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